Get Real: Talking mental health & disability

About Get Real: Talking mental health & disability

Get Real presents frank and fearless conversations about mental health and disability, including people with lived experience, frontline workers in the sector, as well as policymakers and advocates. Get Real is produced and hosted by Emily Webb and co-hosted by Karenza Louis-Smith on behalf of Meridia, which brings together not-for-profit mental health, disability and employment services provider organisations including The Disability Trust, ermha365, OC Connections, Marriott Services, Bedford and embarc.

Publisher

The team at Meridia

Category

business · health & fitness · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Mar 2020

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

126 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Engaging First Nations Communities: What Every Organisation Needs to Know

   Got feedback, a question, or a topic suggestion? Drop us a Fan Mail message right here. Across Australia, conversations about reconciliation, cultural awareness and genuine partnership are growing, yet many organisations are still grappling with what that actually looks like in practice. Anyone who works in community services knows cultural safety and cultural competency is an expectation of program delivery, workforce training and overall excellent practice. But what does this really mean?...

2. 

   30 Aug 2026

   Connecting What Matters: Meridia's Strategic Direction

   Got feedback, a question, or a topic suggestion? Drop us a Fan Mail message right here. This episode of GET REAL is introducing that our podcast is now brought to you by Meridia, which brings together the service organisations of ermha365, The Disability Trust, OC Connections, Marriott Support Services, Bedford and embarc, which collectively support thousands of people in Australia across disability, mental health, employment, social enterprises and complex services. Meridia is the overarch...

3. 

   21 May 2026

   Mental Health In The Top End with Geoff Radford, CEO NTMHC

   Send us Fan Mail Geoff Radford is the CEO of the Northern Territory Mental Health Coalition who joins us for this episode from Darwin. The coalition is the peak body for community-managed mental health services across the Northern Territory, also known as the NT, The Territory or the Top End. The Northern Territory is a unique part of Australia and we find out why from Geoff, as well as what this means for mental health services in this vast region of the country. MORE INFO: https://www...

Who has been a guest on Get Real: Talking mental health & disability

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Cassandra Turnbull
• Dr Debra Wood
• Cheryl Jameson

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

4.3 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

72

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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